On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 14:18 +0100, Petr Tuma wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to use MultiSync to synchronize my desktop Evolution (E2 on > FC3) with my cellphone (Siemens M65) and organizer (iPAQ 5550). Although > it runs in principle, there are numerous problems: > > - The synchronization sometimes trashes one of the databases without > warning (disappearing phonebook, duplicated appointments, etc.). > > - The synce plugin feels a tad too experimental, ActiveSync on the > organizer sometimes claims to be synchronizing an hour after MultiSync > has terminated, etc. > > I would be grateful for answers to a couple of related questions: > > - Can the entire setup eventually work reliably ? (The existence of > multiple synchronization pairs to cover the three devices, with > Evolution as the "central" server.)
Actually it _should_ work but we dont garantee anything :) > > - Will there always be loss of data due to various devices having > various limits on what can be stored, or can I use some "central" server > in place of Evolution that would always preserve missing data ? (For > example, the cellphone does not support comments with appointments, > while Evolution does, if I edit my appointment in the cellphone, will I > always loose the comment ?) yes, at the moment there will always be loss of information. it is planned for a later version to add "merging" capabilities to multisync to prevent this. > > - Is there any reasonably easy way to check for what is wrong in the > communication protocols and formats and submit the information so that > the devices are supported better ? > The first thing you should do is run multisync in a shell and set export MULTISYNC_DEBUG=1 before running it. Then look if there are any obvious error messages. Besides that its probably hard to debug the problems if you are not a programmer... > Regards, Petr > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Multisync-users mailing list > Multisync-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/multisync-users -- Armin Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Armin Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Multisync-users mailing list Multisync-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/multisync-users
